Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the golang packages provided by Red Hat for the Go programming language compiler. These include issues such as arbitrary code execution via malicious SWIG file names, denial of service vulnerabilities in TLS and certificate chain building, memory corruption, and improper handling of symlinks in file permissions. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants across multiple architectures. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated golang packages addressing these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 contain several security flaws: CVE-2026-27140 allows arbitrary code execution through malicious SWIG file names; CVE-2026-27143 involves possible memory corruption after bound check elimination; CVE-2026-27144 relates to no-op interface conversion bypassing overlap checking; CVE-2026-32280 and CVE-2026-32283 are denial of service vulnerabilities in crypto/x509 and crypto/tls respectively; and CVE-2026-32282 involves Root.Chmod following symlinks outside the root directory. These vulnerabilities collectively impact the Go compiler and related tooling. Red Hat has released updated golang packages (version 1.25.9+2) to fix these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service conditions, memory corruption, and unintended file permission changes. This can compromise the integrity and availability of systems using the affected golang packages. The impact is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:10217 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will mitigate the identified security issues. There is no indication that additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the golang packages provided by Red Hat for the Go programming language compiler. These include issues such as arbitrary code execution via malicious SWIG file names, denial of service vulnerabilities in TLS and certificate chain building, memory corruption, and improper handling of symlinks in file permissions. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants across multiple architectures. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updated golang packages addressing these issues.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 contain several security flaws: CVE-2026-27140 allows arbitrary code execution through malicious SWIG file names; CVE-2026-27143 involves possible memory corruption after bound check elimination; CVE-2026-27144 relates to no-op interface conversion bypassing overlap checking; CVE-2026-32280 and CVE-2026-32283 are denial of service vulnerabilities in crypto/x509 and crypto/tls respectively; and CVE-2026-32282 involves Root.Chmod following symlinks outside the root directory. These vulnerabilities collectively impact the Go compiler and related tooling. Red Hat has released updated golang packages (version 1.25.9+2) to fix these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service conditions, memory corruption, and unintended file permission changes. This can compromise the integrity and availability of systems using the affected golang packages. The impact is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:10217 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will mitigate the identified security issues. There is no indication that additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:10217
- Cve Count
- 6
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-27143","CVE-2026-27144","CVE-2026-32280","CVE-2026-32282","CVE-2026-32283"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16096ee29bf47b5063626f
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:22 PM
Last enriched: 5/27/2026, 1:05:53 AM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:59:21 AM
Views: 2
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